Companies Act , 2013
SECTION 115. RESOLUTIONS REQUIRING SPECIAL NOTICE
[Effective from 1st April, 2014]
Where, by any provision contained in this Act or in the articles of a company, special notice is required of any resolution, notice of the intention to move such resolution shall be given to the company by such number of members holding not less than one per cent. of total voting power or holding shares on which such aggregate sum not exceeding five lakh rupees, as may be prescribed, has been paid-up and the company shall give its members notice of the resolution in such manner as may be prescribed.
Applicable Rules
Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014
[Effective from 1st April, 2014]
Rule 23. Special Notice.—(1) A special notice required to be given to the company shall be signed, either individually or collectively by such number of members holding not less than one percent of total voting power or holding shares on which an aggregate sum of [not less than five lakh rupees][1] has been paid up on the date of the notice.
(2) The notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be sent by members to the company not earlier than three months but at least fourteen days before the date of the meeting at which the resolution is to be moved, exclusive of the day on which the notice is given and the day of the meeting.
(3) The company shall immediately after receipt of the notice, give its members notice of the resolution at least seven days before the meeting, exclusive of the day of dispatch of notice and day of the meeting, in the same manner as it gives notice of any general meetings.
(4) Where it is not practicable to give the notice in the same manner as it gives notice of any general meetings, the notice shall be published in English language in English newspaper and in vernacular language in a vernacular newspaper, both having wide circulation in the State where the registered office of the Company is situated and such notice shall also be posted on the website, if any, of the Company.
(5) The notice shall be published at least seven days before the meeting, exclusive of the day of publication of the notice and day of the meeting.
[1] Substituted for the words “not more than five lakh rupees” by the Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2015 vide Notification No. G.S.R.669(E) dated 28th August, 2015.